BGN 16 M to Be Given for Bulgarian Movies in 2009

Society » CULTURE | March 14, 2009, Saturday // 14:31
Bulgaria BGN 16 M to Be Given for Bulgarian Movies in 2009: BGN 16 M to Be Given for Bulgarian Movies in 2009 BGN 16 M will be distributed between the Spring and Fall session of the Executive Agency "National Film Center". File photo

The Bulgarian Ministry of Culture's 2009 budget foresees BGN 16 M for Bulgarian movie production.

This was announced by the Ministry's press office.

A government decree orders that 10% of the money, or BGN 1,6 M, will be kept for the second half of 2009, as an anti crisis measure. The rest of the BGN 16 M will be distributed between the Spring and Fall session of the Executive Agency "National Film Center".

The 13th annual Sofia Film Festival, a major cinema industry event in the region, started on March 5 and will continue until March 26. A total of 90 movies, another 40 from the documentary genre and 60 short movies feature in the schedule of festival.

 

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